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Coordinate, manage, and oversee import and export control compliance

Advised senior personnel within various business units on developing business opportunities, completing program objectives, implementing government authorizations and complying with company policies and government trade regulationsDeveloped, implemented and audited compliance policies and procedures that were the primary factor in the company’s emergence from a U.S. Department of State mandated Consent AgreementInvestigated and successfully managed violations and “near misses” that required voluntary self-disclosures to various government agencies without any accompanying fines or penaltiesSupervised paralegals and administrative staff and managed external counsel in meeting internal and external audit requirements, tight program deadlines, regulatory filing requirements and record keeping for over one hundred active government authorizations involving more than fifty business programsManaged the implementation of the company’s export and import compliance and tracking softwareImplemented employee training programs, domestically and in foreign subsidiaries on key compliance topics, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)Specific expertise regarding ITAR and EAR trade restrictions on satellites, satellite and launch vehicle integration, military telecommunication, information system and encryption technology and related defense servicesRegularly determined the proper Export Commodity Classification Number (ECCN) or United States Munitions List (USML) category for company and supplier items and defense articlesSubmitted export authorizations and classification requests (e.g., Technical Assistance Agreements (TAAs), DSP-5s, DSP-61s, DSP-73s, Foreign Person Employment Licenses, licenses for embargoed countries, Commodity Jurisdictions (CJs), commodity classification (CCATS) requests, etc.)Analyzed due diligence requests, prepared and submitted material for Securities and Exchange Commission filings and mergers and acquisitions activities

Represented clients in conferences with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Defense Trade, other key U.S. Department of State officials, NASA’s general counsel and various embassies to obtain special export authorization Counseled high technology clients on FCPA policies and U.S. and Canadian trade regulationsAdvised domestic and multi-national corporations on ITAR, EAR and OFAC issues involving deemed exports, re-exports, regulatory exceptions and exemptions, classification requests, licensing and voluntary self-disclosuresPerformed onsite due diligence reviews and audited export and import management systems in connection with international mergers and acquisitions of major manufacturersAdvocated export control reform before multiple Aerospace Industries Association councils

Reviewed and administered managing partner’s civil, criminal, and estate planning case load Drafted and discussed legal documents with clients in preparation for court appearancesPrepared and submitted briefs and motions to the Virginia court systemInterviewed clients and drafted their wills, power of attorneys and health care directives

Advised clients on shipment authorization requirements and prepared EAR and ITAR export authorizations and classification requestsAssisted in auditing national and international clients’ export and import management systems, product classification process and record keeping systems Managed shipment records and monitored related government authorization filing requirements